Many have charged that President Obama's decision to begin withdrawing from Afghanistan 10 months from now is hampering our war effort.
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Since this is possibly the most depressing August in the history of summer, I feel compelled to point out a brighter side of the news.
To appreciate how much and how unexpectedly our country can change, look no further than the life and times of Judith Dunnington Peabody, who died on July 25 at 80 in her apartment on Fifth Avenue in New York.
Medicare's chief actuary vs. President Obama on the ObamaCare facts.
It was on a Sunday morning, June 13, 1971, that The Times published its first installment of the Pentagon Papers.
ROSS DOUTHAT
In March of 2000, Pat Buchanan came to speak at Harvard University's Institute of Politics. Harvard being Harvard, the audience hissed and sneered and made wisecracks. Buchanan being Buchanan, he gave as good as he got. While the assembled Ivy Leaguers accused him of homophobia and racism and anti-Semitism, he accused Harvard -- and by extension, the entire American elite -- of discriminating against white Christians.
The hustlers and high rollers at Wall Street's gaming tables are starting to feel lucky again.
Most of the players in the region are already planning for it--except maybe the Taliban.
There was a time when everyone took it for granted that unemployment insurance, which normally terminates after 26 weeks, would be extended in times of persistent joblessness. It was, most people agreed, the decent thing to do.
CHARLES M. BLOW
Which political party's members are most likely to believe that Jesus will definitely return to earth before midcentury? The Republicans, right? Wrong. The Democrats.
Crisis exploitation has been President Obama's chief political strategy from Day 1.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's arrival in Washington, DC for a meeting with President Obama is the latest step in the much-vaunted "reset" in frayed United States-Russian relations.
NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
When I was 12, my father came and spoke to my seventh-grade class. I remember feeling proud, for my rural school was impressed by a visit from a university professor. But I also recall being embarrassed -- at my dad's strong Slavic accent, at his refugee origins, at his "differentness."
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President Obama is not known for wild pronouncements, so it was startling to hear him liken the gulf oil spill to 9/11.
THE WASHINGTON POSTDAVID F. NESENOFF
On the night of May 26, I drove down to Washington from New York with my son, Adam, and his friend Daniel. We arrived at 2:30 a.m. and crashed in a hotel. A few hours later, we woke up and coaxed each other to prepare for a day at the White House. The president was hosting a Jewish heritage celebration, and we'd been able to get media credentials to cover the event. We were exhausted, but thrilled.
On Monday, June 7th, the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships sponsored a meeting on "Advancing Interfaith and Community Service on College and University Campuses."
Sounding reflective as he heads into a bruising electoral season, President Barack Obama told POLITICO columnist Roger Simon that the Gulf disaster "echoes 9/11" because it will change the nation's psyche for years to come.
IRWIN STELZER
We are all of us balloons dancing in a world of pins, noted Sir Anthony Montague Browne, one of Winston Churchill's private secretaries.
